Laptop takes a shit
04-10-2007, 08:04 AM
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Laptop takes a shit
Well as i speak im trying to find another laptop for my old man. This is his laptop for work and he turned it on this morning working fine with no prob, then he walked away and it went to the screen saver mode when he tried using it again it went blank and would not respond. Mind you this laptop is 5yrs old, yea i know he should have changed it 3yrs ago 
Anyhow anyone know a tech or someone on here work on computers for a living. Im talking about good at it not some Novice tech 
. Thanks in advance
Anyhow anyone know a tech or someone on here work on computers for a living. Im talking about good at it not some Novice tech . Thanks in advance
04-10-2007, 08:09 AM
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I do technology consulting and servicing . . . but honestly if any major hardware failed on the laptop (being that its 5 years old) it might be cheaper to replace the thing entirely than it would be to replace the components.
However, there is a couple of things you can troubleshoot at home first before I would take it to get looked at. I'm not sure how technologically inclined you are so you may have done it already, but play with the power, battery, etc . . . make sure its not something stupid first.
Feel free to e-mail me and I'll see if I can help further as my PM box is currently having issues, shawn@ILGTG.com
However, there is a couple of things you can troubleshoot at home first before I would take it to get looked at. I'm not sure how technologically inclined you are so you may have done it already, but play with the power, battery, etc . . . make sure its not something stupid first.
Feel free to e-mail me and I'll see if I can help further as my PM box is currently having issues, shawn@ILGTG.com
04-10-2007, 08:17 AM
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You can catch real good deals from Dell. If you don't need a screamer, sometimes nice machines for $649 can be had. At that price its hard to consider fixing an old machine.
04-10-2007, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Jsmply,Apr 10 2007, 08:09 AM
but honestly if any major hardware failed on the laptop (being that its 5 years old) it might be cheaper to replace the thing entirely than it would be to replace the components.
play with the power, battery, etc . . . make sure its not something stupid first.
play with the power, battery, etc . . . make sure its not something stupid first.
And yea i already pulled the battery out and tried restarting it a couple of times but it wont budge it gets stuck upon start-up and wont move from there.
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